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Allegheny County
Pennsylvania Genealogy
Trails
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Allegheny County World War I
Biographies of Servicemen (Including Also Seven
Enlisted Women Nurses)
+ Died During Service
++
Female Nurse
| Wachter, Harry |
Harwick
Selected
Enlisted: April
4, 1918
Age at entrance: 29
Infantry
Co. G,
318th Reg., 80th Div.
Location while in service:
Camp Lee and France
Rank when dischared:
Private
Date of Discharge: Jan., 1919
Note:
Transferred to Headquarters Co., and returned to United States
Dec. 1918. |
| Wade, Horace |
Tarentum
Selected
Enlisted: April
25, 1918
Age at entrance: 23
Heavy
Artillery
Battery A., 316th Artillery, 81st
Div.
Location while in service: Camp Jackson, Camp
Mills, and France
Rank when discharged:
Corporal
Date of discharge: June 28,
1919
Note: Overseas Aug. 5, 1918 - June 25,
1919. |
| Wagner, William Sinclair |
Tarentum
Enlisted &
Selected
Enlisted: Jan. 18, 1918 and Aug. 1,
1918
Age at entrance: 24
Aviation and Tank
Corps
Co. C., 332nd Battalion, Tank Corps and Co. C., 328th
Battalion, Tank Corps.
Location while in service:
Ithaca, N. Y., Camp Colt, Camp Tobyhanna, England, and
France
Rank when discharged: Private
Date of
discharge: July 17, 1918 (Aviation) and April 11, 1919
(Tank Corps) |
| Walacek, Stephen |
Sprindale
Enlisted
Entrance:
Sept. 15, 1918
Age at entrance: 27
Czecho-Slovak
Army
23d Reg.
Location while in service: Stamford
and France
Rank when discharged: Private
Date of
discharge: Sept. 8, 1919 |
| Walker, Clarence Brice |
Tarentum
Enlisted
Date of
entrance: April 20, 1917
Age at entrance:
18
Naval Reserve Force
Naval Aero Service and Balloon
Convoy Service
Location while in service: Aero
Station, Rockaway Beach, Long Island
Rank when
discharged: Seaman
Date of discharge: Dec. 16,
1918 |
| Walker, Jacob Smith |
Brackenridge
Selected
Date of
entrance: Oct. 2, 1917
Age at entrance:
24
Infantry
Co. F, 319th Reg., 80th Div.
Location
while in service: Camp Lee and Merritt
Rank when
discharged: Private First Class
Date of
discharge: Jan. 7, 1919
Note: Transferred to
Quartermaster Corps., then to Medical Corps., and then to
Veterinary Corps. Served as Farrier in Veterinary
Corps. |
| Walker, John Melvin |
Tarentum
Selected
Date of
entrance: Oct. 4, 1918
Age at
entrance: 18
Students Army Training
Corps.
30th Co., Infantry, Central Officers Training
School
Location while in service: Cornell
College and Camp Lee
Rank when discharged: Second
Lieutenant
Date of discharge: Jan. 15, 1919
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| Wallace, Walter C. |
Natrona
Enlisted
Date of
entrance: April 20, 1917
Age at entrance:
19
Marines
23d Co., 6th Machine Gun Battalion, 5th
Reg.
Location while in service: Leauge Island and
France
Rank when discharged: Machine Gunner
First Class
Date of discharge: June 18, 1919
Note:
Overseas June, 1918 - Feb. 1919. Participated in
activities at Verdun, Belleau Woods, Chateau Thierry,
Soissons, Alsace-Lorraine, and Argonne Forest. Wounded in
battle of Belleau Woods by blow of rifle butt in
back. Returned a casual. |
| Walsh, William C. |
Natrona
Enlisted
Date of
entrance: Oct. 1, 1915
Age at entrance:
20
Artillery
5th Field Artillery, 1st Div. and 8th Field
Artillery, and Battery D., 14th Field Artillery, and Battery
F., 14th Field Artillery
Location while in service:
Fort Slocum, Fort Sill, Mexican Border, and Fort Bliss
Rank
when discharged: Sergeant and Gunner First Class
Date
of discharge: Still in service.
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| Waltenbaugh, Howard
Crosby |
Tarentum
Enlisted
Date of
entrance: July 15, 1917
Age at entrance:
19
Artillery
Co. B, 16th Field Artillery, 4th
Div.
Location while in service: Columbus Barracks,
Spartan, Plattsburg Training Camp, Camp Greene, Camp Merritt,
France and Germany.
Rank when discharged: Corporal,
Orderly, and Messenger
Date of discharge:
Note:
Transferred to Headquarters Co., 4th Field Artillery
Brigade. |
| Walter, Charles Philip |
Tarentum
Selected
Date of
entrance: July 18, 1918, Inducted Oct. 10, 1918
Age
at entrance: 19
Students Army Training Corps.
Co.
K, S. A. T. C. and Replacement Troops Unassigned, Central
Officers Training School, 23nd Co., 6th Battalion
Location
while in service: Plattsburg State College, and
Camp Gordon
Rank when discharged: Private and
Candidate for Officers Training School
Date of
discharge: Nov. 30 1918 |
| Walter, Fenton Neal |
Tarentum
Selected
Date of
entrance: Oct. 21, 1918
Age at entrance:
20
Students Army Training Corps.
Co. A
Location while
in service: Geneva College, Beaver Falls, Pa.
Rank
when discharged: Private
Date of discharge:
Dec. 17, 1918 |
| Walter, Joseph F. |
Tarentum
Selected
Date of
entrance: Sept. 5, 1917
Age at entrance:
25
Infantry
Co. B, 320th Reg., 80th Div.
Location
while in service: Camp Lee and France
Rank when
discharged: Sergeant First Class
Date of
discharge: June 12, 1919
Note: Slightly
gassed. |
| Walter, Leslie Henry |
Tarentum
Enlisted
Date of
entrance: May 14, 1917
Age at entrance:
21
Infantry
Co. I, 111th Reg., 28th Div.
Location
while in service: Camp Hancock, England, and
France
Rank when discharged: Private
Date of
discharge: Sept. 3, 1919
Note: Overseas May 7, 1918 -
Dec. 10, 1918. Participated in activities at Hill No. 204,
Vesle, and Fismette. Wounded in left leg Aug. 22, 1918.
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| Walters, Adolp George |
Natrona
Selected
Date of
entrance: Sept. 3, 1918
Age at entrance:
21
Motor Service
7th Trench Mortar Service
Location
while in service: Camp Meade and France
Rank when
discharged: Private
Date of discharge: Jan. 9,
1919 |
| Walters, Coston P. |
Tarentum
Selected
Date of
entrance: May 27, 1918
Age at entrance:
28
Engineers
Co. A, 2nd Training Reg., and
Div.
Location while in service: Camp
Humphreys
Rank when discharged: Private
Date of
discharge: Dec. 12, 1918. |
| Walters, George G. |
Brackenridge
Enlisted
Date of
entrance: March 6, 1918
Age at entrance:
32
Infantry
Co. G, 49th Reg.
Location while in
service: Camp Merritt and France
Rank when
discharged: Sergeant
Date of discharge: Feb.
21, 1919
Note: Overseas Aug. 6, 1918 - Jan. 16, 1919.
Participated in activities at St. Mihiel. |
| Walters, John Francis |
Brackenridge
Enlisted
Date of
entrance: April 12, 1917
Age at entrance:
19
Machine Gun Battalion
Co. B., 2nd Div., 3rd Army
Corps.
Location while in service: Brownsville, Tex.,
Gettysburg, Camp Merritt, England, France and Germany.
Rank
when discharged: Mater Wagoner
Date of
discharge: Aug. 13, 1919
Note: Overseas Jan. 8, 1918
- Aug. 3, 1919. Participated in activities at Chateau Thierry,
Soissons, St. Mihiel, Champagne, and Meuse-Argonne. Served
with Army of Occupation. |
| Ward, John |
Creighton
Selected
Date of
entrance: Oct. 27, 1917
Age at entrance:
22
Engineers
Co. B, 505th Engineers
Location while in
service: Camp Lee and France
Rank when
discharged: Private First Class
Date of
discharge: June 5, 1919 |
| Warner, Raymond Forbes |
Tarentum
Selected
Date of
entrance: Oct. 7, 1918
Age at entrance:
20
Students Army Training Corps.
Naval Reserve
Force
Location while in service: Carnegie
Institute of Technology, Pittsburg, Pa.
Rank when
discharged: A. S.
Date of discharge: Dec. 23,
1918 |
| Washolski, Ignatz |
Natrona
Selected
Date of
entrance: April 4, 1918
Age at entrance:
22
Infantry
318th Reg., 80th Div.
Location while in
service: Camp Lee and France
Rank when
discharged: Private
Date of discharge: June 12,
1919
Note: Overseas May 18, 1918 - June 9,
1919. |
| Watson, Clarence L. |
Natrona
Selected
Date of
entrance: Oct. 4, 1918
Age at entrance:
22
31st Recruit Co.
Location while in service:
Fort Thomas
Rank when discharged: Private
Date of
discharge: Dec. 11, 1918. |
| ++Watson, Cora |
Tarentum
Enlisted
Date of
entrance: July 10, 1918
Age at entrance:
26
Army Nurse Corps.
Location while in service:
Walter Reed Hospital, Washington, D. C.
Rank when
discharged: Army Nurse
Date of discharge:
August 7, 1918 |
| ++Watson, Mabel Pearl |
Tarentum
Enlisted
Date of
entrance: Feb. 14, 1918
Age at entrance:
27
Army Nurse Coprs.
Location while in
service: Camp Wheeler, Ga., General Hospital at
Camp Wadsworth, General Hospital at Otten, N. C. and General
Hospital at Waynesburg, N. C.
Rank when discharged: Army
Nurse
Date of discharge: May 19, 1920 |
| Watson, Percy J. |
Tarentum
Enlisted
Date of
entrance: May 27, 1917
Age at entrance:
24
Infantry
Co. D, 111th Reg., 23th Div.
Location
while in service: Camp Gordon, Camp Hancock, and
France
Rank when discharged: Private First
Class
Date of discharge: June 18, 1919
Note:
Returned home June 2, 1919. |
| Watson, Ralph |
Tarentum
Enlisted
Date of
entrance: April 7, 1917
Age at entrance:
21
Infantry
Co. E, 111th Reg., 28th Div.
Location
while in service:
Rank when discharged:
Private
Date of discharge: April
15, 1917. |
| Watson, Wilbur |
Tarentum
Selected
Date of
entrance: Nov. 2, 1918
Age at entrance:
19
Students Army Training Corps.
Co. F.
Location
while in service: Carnegie Institute of Technology,
Pittsburgh, Pa.
Rank when discharged: Private
Date
of discharge: Dec. 23, 1918 |
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Transcribed from District No. 15 (Tarentum) of Allegheny
County Pennsylvania in the Great War : A History of Activities
at Home and Abroad from the Declaration of War in 1917 to the
Home-comings in 1919,
Published by: Allegheny Historical
Society, 1923
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